Growing up as Little Miss Pampered

I’m going to switch things up for you. I know my Mom usually writes these but I’m going to write one on my life growing up as Little Miss Pampered (A.K.A Paige). When I was about 8 years old I became involved with the spa, this was around the time clients nicknamed me Little Miss Pampered. At first, I didn’t really care about it. I mean I was not interested in very much other then being like my dad when I grew up. He is pretty awesome.  Since I started getting my nails and stuff done regularly, I became more captivated. I wanted to know how the things worked and what they were for, how to use them and so on and so forth. Anyways, I started off by helping Mom clean the spa before and after services. I was only 8 so I thought I was being a big help, looking back, it wasn’t as I intended to sweep like I was in a cartoon. I loved seeing the pictures Mom took of the nails she’d done. It always made me happy being in the spa. When I was around 10, I started appreciating the spa more. I was extremely grateful that I was the girl in my class with nice nails, nicely done hair and well dressed. Mom has always done hair and is well dressed. Mom has always done what she said she’s going to do therefore she always kept my nails and stuff done and presentable. She takes great care of me and my little Demon of a brother all the while working 3 jobs, and running the household. Mom has always taken great pride in making people feel good about themselves and that’s exactly what she’s done for me my whole life. Okay, when I was 11. I thought everything was interesting and I wanted to learn as much as possible. This was the age I was when I started reading anything I could get my hands on. Mom gave me her old Aesthetics textbooks and that’s what I read in my free time. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t understand anything that it was saying so I had to get Mom to explain a lot to me, and when I say a lot, I mean almost everything. That year I learned so much about how the spa works and operates due to Covid-19. When I was 12, we lost everything due to a house fire, including Mom’s spa. So, we’ve been trying to learn as much as possible in this time span, we have until were back home. When I was 12, I thought I wanted to be an Esthetician when I grew up. I started practicing painting nails and shaping them and I started washing my face more regularly because I wanted to have perfect skin after learning all about acne. Mom taught me as much as she could about all aspects of the spa. In my opinion I ended up learning so much because it was my Mom teaching me. I knew I could trust her in teaching me to do things right and when I make a mistake, she wouldn’t get upset with me, instead she would just help me restart the project. This still continues to this day.   Now I’m a teenager and I appreciate the spa so much I can’t even put it into words. Mom always makes sure my nails are nice and my eyebrows are done,  I have blonde hair so without tinting/ laminating them they wouldn’t be there. She tints and lifts my eyelashes so I don’t need to wear makeup, I play sports and don’t fancy having black eyes. She has taught me so much over the years its crazy. She taught me everything I know about business, marketing, esthetics , and overall being a good person. Currently me and Mom work side by side trying to create the spa of our dreams. I really enjoy living the spa life if I’m going to be honest. It really has a positive effect on our life and our relationship. Me and Mom believe anything is possible when you put your mind to it. And as a result of our stubborn mind set, we are always on the go trying to learn as much as possible about everything we can. Mom and I are constantly helping each other problem solve situations that we can’t do alone. We work together to achieve what must be done, even if I must jump on her back to reach something on the top shelf so that we don’t have to admit defeat and ask Dad for help. Anyways, overall, I couldn’t ask for a better life than the one I have now. I am so grateful that I am a part of Pampered Aesthetics. We are a strong family, and we can do anything together. Although I am mainly thankful that I have the Mom that I do. She is the reason we have all of this. She is a strong independent woman that deserves the world. Also, some black Highland cows and Kune Kune pigs if you are reading this Dad…Hint hint!   Note from Dad (the editor of this post)…..No cows…..yet.   I don’t really know how to finish this off so please don’t judge if this is bad. This is my first blog post by myself. Thank you for reading this and now you have a little bit of an insight of my life as a spa kid.